Improvement in rail fences



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

ELI G. WARNER, OF UNION TOWNSHIP, MADISON COUNTY, OHIO.

livlPRovEivll-:Ni IN RAIL FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 82,186, dated September15, 1868.

To all whom it may concern:

`Be it known that I, ELI G. WARNER, of Union township, in the county ofMadison and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Mode ofBuilding Bail Fences; and I do hereby declare that tliefollowing is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

I rst take three pieces of scantling, and construct a frame in atriangular form, as shown at the letters A B C in the accompanyingdrawing. Having made as many frames as are required for the fence, I setthem a sufficient distance apart, (varying according to the length ofthe rails to be used.) I lay the rails D D in an oblique direction uponthe base of the frames, or from the point marked O on one frame to thepoint marked B in the next frame, as shown in the drawing. I then layshort rails E E across the end of the rails D D, and repeat theoperation until the frames are filled.

By this arrangement, it will be seen by reference to the drawing thatrails at the top of the `frames are one straight line, and the rails atthe base are oblique lines from one frame to the next, thus bracing thefence, so that it cannot be blown down by the winds or pushed down bycattle. Furthermore, by changing the angle of the frames, shorter railscan be used at the bottom of the fence than at the top, for the spacefrom O to B is much less than from A to A.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The construction of a fence with a triangular frame, A B C, in which therails are laid obliquely, in the manner and for the purpose as abovestated.

ELI G. WARNER.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH GARNS, B. BLAKE.

